Wow, do you remember the old TV series, “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous”, hosted by the late Robin Leach? Well, Lake Como in the northern region of Italy is the real deal. Located only a little over one hour from the money and power of Milan and bordering Switzerland, Lake Como is one of the locations for a summer home to the top 1% of Europe and the worlds rich and famous.
We are staying in the lovely village of Bellano in a lovely Airbnb right on the lake. It’s a wall of glass overlooking the lake, unbelievably beautiful.
The weather has turned into fall, cool, cloudy and quite foggy, but still beautiful. You can imagine the summer here with nicer weather and the crowds this would be a happening place. Now, it’s very quiet and peaceful, just the way we like things 👍
Ok, quick tour of Bellano. The lake area is very steep so lots of stairs🧐
Ok, driving tour around the lake takes over four hours, so off we go! The main attraction is the lovely village of Bellagio, just beautiful!
Great drive, so beautiful, but the right way to experience Lake Como is from the water. Lake Como has a wonderful ferry service, passenger ferry’s, car ferry’s and Hydrofoil ferries. We chose the hydrofoils😎
A map of Lake Como and the ferry system!
Okay, we start in Bellano, our home!
Menaggio
The beautiful city of Bellagio from the water!
Tremezzo 
Lezzeno 
Argegno 
Brienno 
Carate Urio 
Pognana Lario 
Moltrasio 
Then Como, by far the largest city in the Lake Como area, we visited here for a couple of hours!
Ok, turn this ship around, let’s head home! Many of the same stops, but a couple of new places and some favorites!
Laglio 
Bellagio one last time😎
Varenna 
As you can see, unbelievably gorgeous! One more day in Lake Como today, then tomorrow we return the rental car to the Milan airport. Then, an afternoon in Milan. Monday we fly to Istanbul Turkey for five days😳
Should be interesting, we checked with the state department for travel warnings for Turkey, but none for Istanbul🧐
Remember how Robin always closed his show!
” Wishing you champagne dreams and caviar wishes” from beautiful Lake Como 
Arrivederci, Ciao Ciao 😎
traftonseuropemexicoadventures 
OMG!!! I see why it is so famous!!! Love to take that boat tour in the summer.beautiful in the fall but….blue sky would be glorious! Can’t wait for Turkey!!! xoxo
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Love all your travel pics! You are certainly lucky people! Sending you holiday wishes for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Is there an address to send you a card? Love to you both. Donna Knox
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